David Anderson
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Quick question ( off topic sorry )
What’s a yellow Fenwick ?
If it’s a must have rod – do you guys have a link ?Thanks.
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Yes…the Scott “F” is a bit faster than most of my other glass rods…but I like the action to them. That three weight I have is a bit small and light for all around work. I might look at the four weight if I were you. The wraps on this series of rods is really beautiful with grey, white, green, and black thread used in an interesting wrap style.
Just got the Scott 7’6 #4 Fibretouch and like the 3 it’s a great rod, but has that bit of extra grunt.
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A picture is thousand words that takes less than a second while a thousand words is a picture that takes a month.
No it’s worse – it’s from Victoria !!
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A picture is thousand words that takes less than a second while a thousand words is a picture that takes a month.
Nice shots above !
Here’s a Booby fly in the gob of a nice rainbow on the stripping apron of my Floatboat.
A damsel getting ready to launch first thing in the morning.
Another early morning shot.
This is a big stonefly from a very small stream.
All these are shot on a 100 2.8 Canon macro.
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A picture is thousand words that takes less than a second while a thousand words is a picture that takes a month.
Hi Cameron,
Nice shots !
I have that same rod – it’s such a joy to fish with and is one of my favorite light rods.
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A picture is thousand words that takes less than a second while a thousand words is a picture that takes a month.
Morise/Dave, would you take your boats down Tongas?
Would love to..
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A picture is thousand words that takes less than a second while a thousand words is a picture that takes a month.
Nice pix Morsie…
These ones are great because they’re so easy to control with the flippers always leaving both hands free for fishing.
They’re also very agile on the river, we’ve had them down some fast water as well and didn’t have any problems picking a line.I also like all the room behind the seat, I can fit a lot of camera gear and a fishing bag.
They’re a great platform for photography being stable and dry.
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A picture is thousand words that takes less than a second while a thousand words is a picture that takes a month.
Respect dude, you live next door to Bambi !!
Nice pictures..
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A picture is thousand words that takes less than a second while a thousand words is a picture that takes a month.
Nice!
I might have missed it but are those a different species of bass? They look like smallmouth bass but they are big smallmouths!
Zach
Zach,
Australian Bass speak the same language as American Bass, but tend not to be as fat, loud and heavily armed…www.dsaphoto.com
A picture is thousand words that takes less than a second while a thousand words is a picture that takes a month.
Yeah I second that. Great pictures, thanks for sharing. I like the wing material on the second fly to the right in the naturals picture. Do you happen to know what it is?
That’s a foam cicada fly made for trout in New Zealand – I’ll try to get some details for you.
I got them in a few sizes from the Creel Tackle store in Turangi.
http://www.nzfishing.com/Accommodation/TPAccom/CreelLodge/TPCreelLodge.htmThey work well on Jungle Perch as well..
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Shouldn’t that be ‘Un Zud’ ?
Thet’s weir they keep all the UnZudians.. 🙂
( southern hemisphere Canadian 😉 )www.dsaphoto.com
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A close up of the foam lizard fly.
Some more natural flies.
This is the start of the trip, you can see how wild the country is.
Happy campers before we set off, this would have been a great time for the big fella to notice the river was 18 inches low and we were about to drag the rafts for the next four days..
This is the last afternoon, only a few miles to go till pick-up.
This was the hardest section to drag the boats through and it went on for 300 or 400 yards..
The look on Morsies face says it all really.
Despite the hardships and heat and really only one good days fishing it’s still one of the best fishing trips I’ve ever been on..
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But wait there’s more !
( freee set of steak knives at the endwww.dsaphoto.com
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Morsie on a short pool near the end of the trip.
Nursing the boats through a narrow spot.
Another long walk between pools.
Working out the next place to camp.
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Lowy’s ( The big rig ) fly box, his Dahlbergs are deadly.
Morsie cooling off in the 100 deg. heat.
The big rig makes a big cast in the morning.
A good bass on a foam lizard fly.
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You – not famous ?
I don’t think so…
Seen some fishing photos of you shot by Morsie, that in my book makes you famous..
( don’t know if it will get you a date with Paris Hilton though
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Again, nice shot.
A bit of fill flash ?
Hard to tell in this lowrez format, but if you’re using a flash add + 1/2 a stop in the harsh sunlight.
If you’re not using a flash you should in that sort of light.
The power it has the better.
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A picture is thousand words that takes less than a second while a thousand words is a picture that takes a month.
Nice shot, I like the low eye level.
The color looks a little magenta on my screen – not a big deal.
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A picture is thousand words that takes less than a second while a thousand words is a picture that takes a month.
Hi Connor,
That’s a good start !
I love wide lenses for fishing photography, they put the viewer in the picture.
The other thing you need to cover in fishing stuff is the detail, like pix of flys and fish close up, a good lens for that is a macro from 60 – 100 MM depending on your frame size.You should learn as much as you can about Photoshop, it’s the industry standard.
A great website with heaps of tutorials:
http://luminous-landscape.com/Have fun!
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A picture is thousand words that takes less than a second while a thousand words is a picture that takes a month.
Mike,
In the ideal world you need both.A monopod for long lens work will give you a couple more stops over handheld in terms of sharpness unless the subject is really moving, but isn’t much help for landscape shots where you need big depth of field and a long exposure to blur water ect.
For that you need a tri-pod.The best setup I’ve found for fishing shots is a smallish carbon tripod ( mine is a Manrotto ) with a medium to small ball & socket head, so with the legs extended but folded it can be used like a monopod and still do normal tripod work..
It’s a very light setup and I carry it everywhere mounted to the back of my pack.
A good monopod weighs about a pound ?Carbon weights about 40 or 50 % less than alloy but costs 3 times as much ( here in Oz anyway ).
The new lenses around with image stabilisers are a good thing as well.
The Canon 70-200 F4 IS is one of the sharpest zooms ever made..www.dsaphoto.com
A picture is thousand words that takes less than a second while a thousand words is a picture that takes a month.
